Comments Thread For: Arum: Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence is a Big PPV Fight!

[MisanthropicNY]

GGG is actually the new lb-for-lb king - according to Ring.

So Horn vs. Crawford is bigger in the U.S., but Pac vs. Horn is bigger in Australia? Makes sense, if the fight was FIXED that is.

[GhostofDempsey]

It would help if anyone outside of true boxing fans knew who they were. If Crawford can snatch the belt from Horn and Spence can relieve Thurman of his belts, then yes, we will have a PPV unification bout in early 2019. Thurman is fighting a tune-up in Fed/Mar, and I doubt either Spence or Crawford is on his radar. I'd bet either Garcia or Porter get their rematch.

[Ray*]

This is how to build a fight, Arum might be senile but no one builds or talk up a fight better than him. If this fight happens then they would have left Thurman behind, and he would then be the one begging them for a fight.

[MisanthropicNY]

Crawford's biggest win is against whom again?...

I've never seen a fighter be regarded so highly with a weaker resume than Crawford in history.

Spence actually beat Brook - Crawford is talking about fighting Horn who any real boxing fan knows was dominated by Pacquiao and survived by fighting dirty to obtain a robbery. Even beating Horn doesn't do much for Crawford's resume - Crawford has to fight an elite fighter lb-for-lb - he feasted on one of the most historically weak divisions in history after it was abandoned by the best fighters in it.

[richardt]

I don’t see arum matching him with all the top guys and not because he won’t be able to because he won’t want too

This is one of the biggest myths in Boxing about Arum. Some people would have bet their home and their balls that Arum would not make Lomachenko vs Rigo and countless other fights that he has made. There would be a lot of folks missing balls and homes if they had betted against Arum.

[kushking]

This is one of the biggest myths in Boxing about Arum. Some people would have bet their home and their balls that Arum would not make Lomachenko vs Rigo and countless other fights that he has made. There would be a lot of folks missing balls and homes if they had betted against Arum.

As much as I look forward to that fight, it's hardly a risky fight for loma to once again be fighting a tiny midget & having him move way up in weight at an old af age,& his biggest fanbois are ironically the same gggroupies that were claiming canelo fights tiny opponents. Yet they slurp loma who won gold medal at 135 lb equivalent, for having beaten unaccomplished walters at 130. Loma is the most overhyped fighter in history so far & if he beats rigo he'll be even more overhyped by the same great white hypers/gggroupies.

He should be fighting rigo at a catchweight.

[richardt]

As much as I look forward to that fight, it's hardly a risky fight for loma to once again be fighting a tiny midget & having him move way up in weight at an old af age,& his biggest fanbois are ironically the same gggroupies that were claiming canelo fights tiny opponents. Yet they slurp loma who won gold medal at 135 lb equivalent, for having beaten unaccomplished walters at 130. Loma is the most overhyped fighter in history so far & if he beats rigo he'll be even more overhyped by the same great white hypers/gggroupies.

He should be fighting rigo at a catchweight.

Apparently the fight was risky enough for many fans to claim two months ago that Arum would never put Lom in with Rigo. And the fight at the lower weights was offered to Rigo in 2015 and a re-hydration clause was accepted by Lom for that fight and Rigo turned it down back then. Then in 2017 Rigo said he would fight Lom with no weight stipulation and only a fool of a boxer would offer to drop weight when the other fighter accepts 130. So Rigo got what he wanted, a huge payday that he hasnt had in years.

[kushking]

Apparently the fight was risky enough for many fans to claim two months ago that Arum would never put Lom in with Rigo. And the fight at the lower weights was offered to Rigo in 2015 and a re-hydration clause was accepted by Lom for that fight and Rigo turned it down back then. Then in 2017 Rigo said he would fight Lom with no weight stipulation and only a fool of a boxer would offer to drop weight when the other fighter accepts 130. So Rigo got what he wanted, a huge payday that he hasnt had in years.

If Loma wins Ill definitely give him credit,but I know once again his fanbois in the media will act as if it is the greatest accomplishment since Ali defeated Foreman in the rumble in the jungle. They are already claiming hes another Ali ffs,(Arum & others)

[richardt]

If Loma wins Ill definitely give him credit,but I know once again his fanbois in the media will act as if it is the greatest accomplishment since Ali defeated Foreman in the rumble in the jungle. They are already claiming hes another Ali ffs,(Arum & others)

Dont let it eat you alive. Worse happened when Broner was the "Next Mayweather" according to his fans and a guaranteed future PFP #1 guy. Same with Gerry Cooney and countless others.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Nice, but why PPV? I'm sure HBO or Showtime would buy it.